The Sims 3 Hints and Tricks

Ever been wondering how to do really awesome and different things on The Sims 3? Well here is a bunch of hints and tricks that I have found out about, used or read on the web at one point. Not all of these are tested by me personally, but most are so no need to be worried about anything. If you know about or find any new tricks that you have found useful or just plain fun in The Sims 3, please feel free to share them by commenting below!

How to have a Baby Ghost

Set your Sim’s traits to Kleptomaniac (must be female)

Go to the community graveyard

Wait until your sim steals remains or tell sim to swipe something (remains must be male)

On the second day since stealing grave and putting it in home, the ghost will appear at 11:00pm and disappear at 4:00am it will appear every other day

Socialize with ghost every night it appears until you are at best friend ghost will then begin appearing every night

Get fertility reward

Confess attraction to ghost

Ask to snuggle on bed, kiss

Try for baby every night until you start throwing up

Congrats! You’re now having a ghost’s baby! (It will be born as a ghost that you can control)

On the other hand, eating watermelons will increase your chances of having girls!
(i.e. 3 watermelons = 3 girls)

To have increased chances of twins or triplets have one or both parents have the lifetime reward of fertility treatment. I heard this from someone else. I had my pregnant female eat three watermelons to test it out and it worked! She had 3 triplet girls.

How to Earn Easy Money ‘No Cheats!’

Start writing novels on your computer. Write fiction novels as they take the least amount of time. They will not bring you too much Simoleons. When you write, your skill will automatically advance. If your skill is high enough, you will be able to write more novel types/genres. The most money can be made from “Romance Novels”. You will get royalties for six weeks once you finish a book. With the “Writing” skill maxed out, you can make approximately 40,000 Simoleons every week, which is more than the 34,800 Simoleons you can get by purchasing all neighborhood businesses, and takes less time to achieve. In three game weeks you should have a very high speed writing, 9 or 10 novels as best sellers, and 100,000 Simoleons.

How to be Protected from Death

Go to Pleasant Rest Graveyard, and near the gate, there is a strange bush called a “Death Flower Bush” – Harvest the flower from it.

If you keep this flower in your sim’s inventory, when you die the grim reaper will trade it for a second chance at life.

This flower will not reappear, but there are Unknown Special Seeds (requires level 7 Gardening to plant) dotted about near the graveyard (and a few other places) which may grow another Death Flower (and sometimes more if your Sim has the Green Thumb trait to revive the plant.)

How to Make Friends Easily ‘No Cheats!’

Buy a guitar. Play it to learn how to play guitar. Keep playing until you reach 5/10 level, which gives you the ability to “Play For Tips”. When you have that ability, go to the park with the guitar in your inventory. When you are in the park, click the guitar in your inventory, and select “Play For Tips.” People watching you will become your friends if you keep playing. The higher your guitar skill, the faster they will become friends with you.